Eli Lilly will raise the UK list price of its weight-loss treatment Mounjaro by up to 170%, it said on Thursday, amid a White House push to get drugmakers to raise medicine prices in Europe to allow for price cuts in the United States.

Eli Lilly is one step closer to bringing an oral weight loss medicine to the booming obesity drug market. A clinical trial saw people lose 12% of body weight.

FRIDAY, Aug. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new weight loss pill made by Eli Lilly helped people lose a significant amount of weight in a recent study. Taken at the highest dose, orforglipron helped patients lose an average 27.3 pounds, or 12.4% of their body weight, over 72 weeks.